[Zimwy]

Hello,
I've been trying to figure out how to bind individual spaces to F-keys in Leopard. The actual spaces Preference Pane doesn't have a way of doing this. I tried adding a keyboard shortcut in the keyboard pref pane but no luck there either. It asks for the Menu Item you want to call and I don't know what to do for that.

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
Gabe

[psychos]

Well, after some effort I came up with a way to do it. Unfortunately, this method is not foolproof, and about 5 - 10% of the time the Spaces window sticks open for me. A second press or mouse click clears it. But I still find it more convenient than having to do a two-handed combo to get to my higher numbered spaces. Anyone know if there's a way to disable the Spaces window on switching?

Create AppleScripts for as many spaces as you have that call the appropriate Spaces shortcuts. I've created AppleScripts for Spaces 1 - 8, with Spaces set to Control+<number>: http://www.psychosis.net/F-Keys.zip.

Install QuickSilver if you don't already have it. Go to Triggers, and add a HotKey for each F-key you want. For each one, set it to call the appropriate AppleScript. Set the appropriate trigger Hot Key to the proper F-key, and change the Activate setting from "On Press" to "On Release". (If you use "On Press", often the command doesn't go through for some reason.) Enjoy your new F-keyed Spaces!

I hope someone comes up with a much less clumsy solution soon.

[psychos]

I updated the scripts to send a control keypress after switching. This seems to eliminate the problem of the Spaces window getting stuck sometimes.

[Geobunny]

If you've got Quicksilver, just add a trigger for each F key you wish to use and have it type the appropriate number key. For example, in every virtual desktop implementation I've ever used it's control-F keys (or more rarely option-F keys), so my triggers are control-F1 simply types the character 1, control-F2 types 2 and so on. Chances are that my finger is slower than the computer and is still sitting fat, dumb and happy on the control key when quicksilver issues the '1' keypress hence ending up with control-1 which spaces interprets as me wanting desktop 1.

It's a kludge, but it works for me.